French Travel news -2011. | France covered in snow!

Great news at last for those heading for a ski holiday in France this winter. Just when it looked as it there would be no snow this year, a blanket of white stuff landed last week.

It's especially good news for those who have a booked a pre-Christmas break to the slopes.

3 vallees received over 30 cm of the 'white stuff' last week©Yourfrenchholidays

In France, Val Thorens, Tignes and Courchevel all received fresh dumps of snow with Val D’Isere reporting a fall of 20cm.And it is expected that the snow will continue to fall with a number of French resorts expecting to receive anything between 10cm to 40cm of snowfall.

Vicky Norman of the Ski Club of Great Britain told MailOnline: ‘There’s great news in numerous European resorts who finally, after weeks of dry, warm conditions, have received anything between a light dusting and 30cm of the white stuff.‘

Resort villages have been transformed from green to white overnight and the forecast implies more snow is on the way.

'This has been a great confidence booster and could be the first signs of what could turn out to be a fantastic winter season.’

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